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^(C1)The LORD ^(F1)reigns, He is ^(C2)clothed with majesty; The LORD has ^(C3)clothed and encircled Himself with strength. Indeed, the ^(C4)world is firmly established; it will not be moved.

Your ^(C1)throne is established from of old; You ^(C2)are from eternity.

The ^(C1)floods have lifted up, LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves.

More than the sounds of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD ^(C1)on high is mighty.

Your ^(C1)testimonies are fully confirmed; ^(C2)Holiness is pleasing to Your house, LORD, ^(F1)forevermore.

LORD, God of ^(F1)(C1)vengeance, God of ^(F1)vengeance, ^(F2)(C2)shine forth!

^(C1)Rise up, ^(C2)Judge of the earth, Pay back retribution ^(C3)to the proud.

How long, LORD, shall the wicked— How long shall the ^(C1)wicked triumph?

They pour out words, they ^(C1)speak arrogantly; All who do injustice ^(C2)boast.

They ^(C1)crush Your people, LORD, And ^(C2)afflict Your inheritance.

They ^(C1)kill the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans.

^(C1)They have said, "^(F1)The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob perceive."

Pay attention, you ^(C1)stupid ones among the people; And when will you understand, ^(C1)foolish ones?

He who ^(C1)planted the ear, ^(F1)does He not hear? Or He who formed the eye, ^(F1)does He not see?

He who ^(F1)(C1)disciplines the nations, will He not rebuke, He who ^(C2)teaches mankind knowledge?

The LORD ^(C1)knows human thoughts, ^(F1)That they are mere breath.

Blessed is the man whom ^(C1)You discipline, ^(F1)LORD, And ^(C2)whom You teach from Your Law,

So that You may grant him ^(C1)relief from the ^(C2)days of adversity, Until ^(C3)a pit is dug for the wicked.

For ^(C1)the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He ^(C2)abandon His inheritance.

For ^(F1)(C1)judgment ^(F2)will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart ^(F3)will follow it.

Who will ^(C1)stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me ^(C2)against those who do injustice?

If ^(C1)the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the land of silence.

If I should say, "^(C1)My foot has slipped," Your faithfulness, LORD, will support me.

When my anxious thoughts ^(F1)multiply within me, Your ^(C1)comfort delights my soul.

Can a ^(F1)(C1)throne of destruction be allied with You, One ^(C2)which devises ^(F2)mischief by decree?

They ^(C1)band themselves together against the ^(F1)life of the righteous And ^(C2)condemn ^(F2)the innocent to death.

But the LORD has been my ^(C1)refuge, And my God the ^(C2)rock of my refuge.

He has ^(C1)brought back their injustice upon them, And He will ^(F1)(C2)destroy them in their evil; The LORD our God will ^(F1)destroy them.

Come, let's ^(C1)sing for joy to the LORD, Let's shout joyfully to ^(C2)the rock of our salvation.

Let's ^(C1)come before His presence ^(C2)with a song of thanksgiving, Let's shout joyfully to Him ^(C3)in songs with instruments.

For the LORD is a ^(C1)great God And a great King ^(C2)above all gods,

In whose hand are the ^(C1)depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are also His.

^(F1)The sea is His, for it was He ^(C1)who made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

Come, let's ^(C1)worship and bow down, Let's ^(C2)kneel before the LORD our ^(C3)Maker.

For He is our God, And ^(C1)we are the people of His ^(F1)(C2)pasture and the sheep of His hand. ^(C3)Today, ^(F2)if you will hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts as at ^(F1)(C1)Meribah, As on the day of ^(F2)(C2)Massah in the wilderness,

"When your fathers ^(C1)put Me to the test, They tested Me, though they had seen My work.

-"For ^(C1)forty years I was disgusted with that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.

-"Therefore I ^(C1)swore in My anger, They certainly shall not enter My ^(C2)rest."